diff --git a/backend/app/downloads/storage.py b/backend/app/downloads/storage.py
index cb405f3b..ec21cf3e 100644
--- a/backend/app/downloads/storage.py
+++ b/backend/app/downloads/storage.py
@@ -181,16 +181,23 @@ def _nfo_xml(meta: MediaMeta) -> str:
     return "\n".join(parts)
 
 
+def _sidecar(media: Path, ext: str) -> Path:
+    """The sibling sidecar path (`.nfo` / `.jpg`) for a media file. Swaps the extension on the FULL
+    media path — NOT via `media.with_suffix("")` first: stripping the real extension leaves a stem
+    whose OWN last dot may be inside the title (e.g. "Sonka Házilag."), which `with_suffix` would
+    then read as the extension and clobber, orphaning the sidecar under a truncated name."""
+    return media.with_suffix(ext)
+
+
 def write_sidecars(
     download_root: str, rel: str, meta: MediaMeta, thumb_src: Path | None
 ) -> bool:
     """Write `<basename>.nfo` + `<basename>.jpg` next to the media file. Returns True if written."""
     media = abs_path(download_root, rel)
-    base = media.with_suffix("")
     try:
-        base.with_suffix(".nfo").write_text(_nfo_xml(meta), encoding="utf-8")
+        _sidecar(media, ".nfo").write_text(_nfo_xml(meta), encoding="utf-8")
         if thumb_src and thumb_src.exists():
-            shutil.copyfile(str(thumb_src), str(base.with_suffix(".jpg")))
+            shutil.copyfile(str(thumb_src), str(_sidecar(media, ".jpg")))
         return True
     except OSError:
         return False
@@ -199,8 +206,7 @@ def write_sidecars(
 def delete_asset_files(download_root: str, rel: str) -> None:
     """Remove the media file and its sidecars; prune now-empty parent dirs (best effort)."""
     media = abs_path(download_root, rel)
-    base = media.with_suffix("")
-    for p in (media, base.with_suffix(".nfo"), base.with_suffix(".jpg")):
+    for p in (media, _sidecar(media, ".nfo"), _sidecar(media, ".jpg")):
         try:
             p.unlink()
         except OSError:
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_storage.py b/backend/tests/test_storage.py
index 29b7fccb..d467e9a4 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -147,3 +147,26 @@ def test_nfo_uniqueid_type_reflects_the_source():
     base = dict(video_id="v1", title="t", uploader="c", upload_date=None)
     assert '<uniqueid type="youtube"' in _nfo_xml(MediaMeta(**base))  # default preserved
     assert '<uniqueid type="facebook"' in _nfo_xml(MediaMeta(**base, uniqueid_type="facebook"))
+
+
+def test_sidecars_keep_the_full_basename_when_the_title_has_a_dot(tmp_path: Path):
+    # A title ending in a period ("Sonka Házilag.") puts a dot in the media slug; the .nfo/.jpg
+    # sidecars must sit on the SAME (full) basename, not be truncated at that dot (which orphaned
+    # them from the media so Plex/Kodi never matched them).
+    from app.downloads.storage import write_sidecars
+
+    stem = "Chan_-_2026-08-12_-_Sonka_Hazilag._Villam_konyha_abc_a5"
+    rel = f"Chan/Season_2026/{stem}.mp4"
+    media = tmp_path / rel
+    media.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    media.write_text("x")
+    thumb = tmp_path / "t.jpg"
+    thumb.write_bytes(b"\xff\xd8\xff")
+    meta = MediaMeta(video_id="abc", title="Sonka Házilag. | Villám konyha", uploader="Chan",
+                     upload_date=None)
+
+    assert write_sidecars(str(tmp_path), rel, meta, thumb) is True
+    names = sorted(p.name for p in media.parent.iterdir())
+    assert f"{stem}.nfo" in names, names
+    assert f"{stem}.jpg" in names, names
+    assert "Chan_-_2026-08-12_-_Sonka_Hazilag.nfo" not in names  # the old truncated orphan